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Health risks of shipping pollution have been ‘underestimated’ | Environment | guardian.co.uk
One giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50m cars, study finds
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1,500 Farmers in India Commit Mass Suicide: A Wake-Up Call for Humanity – Deepak Chopra & Intent
I read with horror this morning that over 1,500 farmers in India committed mass suicide after being driven to debt by crop failure.
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MIT’s Biomolecular Materials Group has advanced a technique of using ‘genetically engineered viruses that first coat themselves with iron phosphate, then grab hold of carbon nanotubes to create a network of highly conductive material.’
This advanced ‘bio-industrial’ manufacturing process, which uses biological agents to assemble molecules, could help to evolve key energy material components (e.g. cathodes, anodes, membranes) used in batteries, fuel cells, solar cells and organic electronics (e.g. OLEDs).
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California’s new power source a solar farm
California’s next source of renewable power could be an orbiting set of solar panels, high above the equator, that would beam electricity back to Earth via a receiving station in Fresno County.
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Sekisei Lagoon Journal – Coral Transplant Surgery Prescribed for Japan – NYTimes.com
government-led effort to save Japan’s largest coral reef, near the southern end of the Okinawa chain of islands. True to form in Japan, the project involves new technology, painstaking attention to detail and a generous dose of taxpayer money.
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